Meaning not yet researched.
Jennie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 79 in 2025. Its best rank was #24 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #24 in 1880; #2,309 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jennie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,309 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #24.
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Jennie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 79 girls in 2025. Peak: #24 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 3,109 (1917).
In 2025, 79 US girls were named Jennie, making it the 2,309th most common girls’ name of the year, down 550 places from #1,759 in 2024. That is 36 fewer than the 115 girls named Jennie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #24, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,109, in 1917. For comparison, it was #2,461 in 2015 and #288 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jennie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 800 babies with the name. In all, 127,660 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 23,136 babies named Jennie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 669 US girls were named Jennie; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 115. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,345 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jennie ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,129 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jenny (92,706 babies since 1880), Jenni (5,548 babies since 1880), Jeannie (36,170 babies since 1880) and Jeanie (17,148 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jinnie, Jenney and Jeani are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jen and Jenny.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jinnie (844), Jenney (509), Jeani (422), Jenia (400), Jeania (374), Jenie (251), Jeanee (173), Jeanni (139), Jennea (78), Jenniah (74), Jennye (68), Jeannia (63), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Jennie is listed as a nickname for Jane, Jennifer, Virginia.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 23 | #1,129 | #1,682 |
| New York | 10 | #1,365 | #1,854 |
| Texas | 6 | #3,090 | #3,054 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #2,309 | — | — |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,759 | — | — |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,344 | — | — |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,591 | — | — |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,866 | — | — |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,800 | — | — |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,614 | — | — |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,460 | — | — |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,217 | — | — |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,302 | — | — |
| 2015 | 74 | #2,461 | — | — |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,795 | — | — |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,786 | — | — |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,818 | — | — |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,779 | — | — |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,525 | — | — |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,234 | — | — |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,194 | — | — |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,221 | — | — |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,837 | — | — |
| 2005 | 120 | #1,659 | — | — |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,550 | — | — |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,469 | — | — |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,358 | — | — |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,220 | — | — |
| 2000 | 181 | #1,131 | — | — |
| 1999 | 196 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 1998 | 177 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1997 | 217 | #920 | — | — |
| 1996 | 242 | #829 | — | — |
| 1995 | 264 | #767 | — | — |
| 1994 | 299 | #700 | — | — |
| 1993 | 323 | #676 | — | — |
| 1992 | 352 | #641 | — | — |
| 1991 | 372 | #606 | — | — |
| 1990 | 394 | #586 | — | — |
| 1989 | 449 | #518 | — | — |
| 1988 | 470 | #483 | 5 | #7,826 |
| 1987 | 466 | #467 | 6 | #6,468 |
| 1986 | 578 | #396 | — | — |
| 1985 | 585 | #389 | 9 | #4,484 |
| 1984 | 665 | #344 | — | — |
| 1983 | 714 | #325 | 5 | #6,723 |
| 1982 | 835 | #293 | — | — |
| 1981 | 828 | #294 | — | — |
| 1980 | 875 | #282 | 6 | #5,862 |
| 1979 | 815 | #294 | 6 | #5,672 |
| 1978 | 843 | #274 | 6 | #5,383 |
| 1977 | 842 | #286 | — | — |
| 1976 | 802 | #286 | — | — |
| 1975 | 707 | #322 | 5 | #5,858 |
| 1974 | 691 | #322 | — | — |
| 1973 | 775 | #301 | — | — |
| 1972 | 864 | #290 | — | — |
| 1971 | 815 | #324 | — | — |
| 1970 | 600 | #391 | — | — |
| 1969 | 482 | #438 | — | — |
| 1968 | 507 | #415 | 5 | #4,408 |
| 1967 | 441 | #454 | — | — |
| 1966 | 534 | #395 | — | — |
| 1965 | 563 | #391 | 5 | #4,173 |
| 1964 | 602 | #398 | — | — |
| 1963 | 672 | #373 | — | — |
| 1962 | 688 | #360 | 5 | #4,327 |
| 1961 | 683 | #365 | — | — |
| 1960 | 807 | #332 | — | — |
| 1959 | 748 | #351 | — | — |
| 1958 | 826 | #323 | — | — |
| 1957 | 784 | #327 | — | — |
| 1956 | 697 | #331 | — | — |
| 1955 | 711 | #322 | 6 | #3,689 |
| 1954 | 784 | #301 | — | — |
| 1953 | 763 | #295 | — | — |
| 1952 | 796 | #289 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1951 | 743 | #289 | — | — |
| 1950 | 735 | #288 | — | — |
| 1949 | 763 | #279 | — | — |
| 1948 | 714 | #287 | — | — |
| 1947 | 731 | #288 | 7 | #3,222 |
| 1946 | 716 | #271 | 6 | #3,343 |
| 1945 | 636 | #272 | — | — |
| 1944 | 650 | #270 | — | — |
| 1943 | 703 | #264 | — | — |
| 1942 | 728 | #254 | 6 | #3,384 |
| 1941 | 711 | #244 | 8 | #2,763 |
| 1940 | 662 | #247 | 5 | #3,695 |
| 1939 | 682 | #237 | — | — |
| 1938 | 681 | #241 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1937 | 707 | #229 | 8 | #2,778 |
| 1936 | 798 | #206 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1935 | 846 | #201 | 5 | #3,914 |
| 1934 | 944 | #186 | 13 | #2,077 |
| 1933 | 1,000 | #175 | 11 | #2,289 |
| 1932 | 1,190 | #163 | 10 | #2,543 |
| 1931 | 1,288 | #150 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1930 | 1,352 | #152 | 10 | #2,691 |
| 1929 | 1,418 | #152 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1928 | 1,642 | #143 | 17 | #1,933 |
| 1927 | 1,851 | #135 | 9 | #3,026 |
| 1926 | 2,013 | #132 | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1925 | 2,263 | #121 | 14 | #2,257 |
| 1924 | 2,495 | #111 | 14 | #2,291 |
| 1923 | 2,542 | #107 | 12 | #2,524 |
| 1922 | 2,670 | #105 | 7 | #3,696 |
| 1921 | 2,889 | #99 | 13 | #2,432 |
| 1920 | 2,808 | #97 | 11 | #2,676 |
| 1919 | 2,928 | #93 | 6 | #3,946 |
| 1918 | 3,033 | #91 | 10 | #2,786 |
| 1917 | 3,109 | #81 | 10 | #2,634 |
| 1916 | 3,010 | #79 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1915 | 3,015 | #73 | 10 | #2,534 |
| 1914 | 2,225 | #77 | 6 | #3,082 |
| 1913 | 1,809 | #80 | — | — |
| 1912 | 1,595 | #81 | 6 | #2,418 |
| 1911 | 1,161 | #85 | 9 | #1,234 |
| 1910 | 1,183 | #81 | — | — |
| 1909 | 998 | #83 | 7 | #1,213 |
| 1908 | 1,038 | #78 | — | — |
| 1907 | 998 | #78 | 8 | #1,046 |
| 1906 | 986 | #74 | — | — |
| 1905 | 981 | #76 | 11 | #770 |
| 1904 | 964 | #74 | 5 | #1,298 |
| 1903 | 936 | #71 | — | — |
| 1902 | 985 | #69 | 5 | #1,222 |
| 1901 | 898 | #69 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,204 | #64 | 9 | #941 |
| 1899 | 1,061 | #57 | 5 | #1,130 |
| 1898 | 1,194 | #57 | — | — |
| 1897 | 1,074 | #56 | — | — |
| 1896 | 1,178 | #53 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,177 | #53 | 5 | #1,169 |
| 1894 | 1,210 | #51 | 10 | #700 |
| 1893 | 1,273 | #45 | — | — |
| 1892 | 1,212 | #48 | 7 | #907 |
| 1891 | 1,238 | #40 | 6 | #905 |
| 1890 | 1,259 | #41 | 6 | #944 |
| 1889 | 1,252 | #39 | 9 | #698 |
| 1888 | 1,298 | #37 | — | — |
| 1887 | 1,047 | #38 | — | — |
| 1886 | 1,100 | #34 | — | — |
| 1885 | 1,045 | #33 | — | — |
| 1884 | 1,063 | #29 | — | — |
| 1883 | 904 | #27 | — | — |
| 1882 | 934 | #27 | 5 | #1,015 |
| 1881 | 784 | #26 | — | — |
| 1880 | 793 | #24 | 7 | #779 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).